LITTLE ROCK — Rogers Groop, Inc. of Nashville, Tenn., was awarded a contract valued at $12,350,633 to provide road work on Interstate 40 in Pope and Conway counties.

The project is to rehabilitate 18.5 miles of roadway and four bridges on I-40 between Atkins and Plumerville. A cable median barrier will also be installed. It’s part of a project to install 500 miles of cable barrier by 2016.

Construction is scheduled to begin in two to four weeks, weather permitting. The project should be complete by the end of this year.

This Interstate 40 job is one of 38 interstate rehabilitation projects that will improve 455 miles of Arkansas’ interstates over the coming years.